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I honestly think there was a plan for Jericho after the match, to have some sort of interaction with HBK, and the knee injury put a hold on that. I don't really think it was a fake-out to catch Batista off-guard, because if that was the case, he wouldn't have been selling it after the match. It'd have been more like a spring up "hah! got ya!"
I really hope Jericho comes out of this with something though. He really has a lot more potential than being a guest ref on a PPV. However, to say he added nothing to the feud is missing a few key points. This is probably the most efficient use of having multiple shows they have done in a long time to build a single feud. It was probably also one of the better builds for a PPV match I've seen in years. But to completely count Jericho out of any part of that, would be selling him short. When using both shows, you can only have so many "interview" segments with HBK and Batista in each other's face before what they're saying becomes repetitive. I think that Jericho having his own interview segments with each of them separately, not only gave them a different approach to getting their message out, but also each of them snapping on Jericho gave it a feel of importance to both people involved in the match.
Either way, I was really hoping for a Jericho/HBK program springing from this, but if HBK is gonna be out for his knee again, that kills all hope.
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